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NLM28: Crossbow brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NLM28

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Cast copper alloy crossbow brooch, badly preserved but bearing file marks. Terminal knob made separately and attached to the end of the bow.

Notes:

Checked following Sophie Catley. Image here lacks a further view appearing on source record. Dating completed (unamended).

Class: Crossbow brooch

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 200
Date to: AD 350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 46.9 mm
Width: 28.3 mm
Weight: 16.46 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 24th September 1997

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLPS0026

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 25 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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